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bumblefoot I'm one conversation away from quitting this. Let's see if it happens. 6 hours ago

bumblefootWow. Was gonna finally do it and the stuff I need is missing from my luggage. Guess I'll see y'all tomorrow......... #FuckYouGuardianAngel23 hours ago

bumblefootAlone. Contemplating......

Hey Bumbles, if you ever read this. If you are in so much pain that the tour makes you suicidal then you quit the tour. Okay? You don't whimper about it on twitter. You take it up with the band and management behind closed doors and quit. And if you are in so much pain that you are suicidal regardless of the tour, then you take it up with professionals who can rethink your drug administration, not kids on the Internet. And if this is all some twisted joke, then sure, I'll be the first to laugh, but other fans are obviously concerned so rethink your entertainment efforts.

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bumblefoot I'm one conversation away from quitting this. Let's see if it happens. 6 hours ago

bumblefootWow. Was gonna finally do it and the stuff I need is missing from my luggage. Guess I'll see y'all tomorrow......... #FuckYouGuardianAngel23 hours ago

bumblefootAlone. Contemplating......

Hey Bumbles, if you ever read this. If you are in so much pain that the tour makes you suicidal then you quit the tour. Okay? You don't whimper about it on twitter. You take it up with the band and management behind closed doors and quit. And if you are in so much pain that you are suicidal regardless of the tour, then you take it up with professionals who can rethink your drug administration, not kids on the Internet. And if this is all some twisted joke, then sure, I'll be the first to laugh, but other fans are obviously concerned so rethink your entertainment efforts.

Bumbles struggled with some mental issues earlier in his life (abnormal/normal) and it seems like it has re-surfaced. His life style now with touring, stress, alcohol, may be a factor in all this, or it can be completely unrelated, in anyway, it is obvious he is not in a good place right now. I hope the band does what it can to help him out in his tricky situation, I hope his friends are there for him, and I hope his family help him out as much as possible so he is not so torn. And if he read this, good luck, Bumbles, just a few more days now and you can rest.

Fernando (Lebeis) posts in a thread on gunsnroses.com about Bumblefoot's negative tweets, especially one suggesting the extra gig was hard on the crew:

I too believe that a lot is being made of a simple heat of the moment venting session. We were all tired, but we too were also happy to embark on a private show to St. Tropez. To suggest that we (GNR) would think less of the crew, and/or put them in harm's way, or exhaustion; is mistaken. And anyone in the crew can vouch for what I am saying.

We chartered 6 planes back and forth, in which allowed band and crew to travel with ease and not what might be lead to believe by some, after reading Bumble's tweet. The show in St. Tropez, was by far the easiest gig to date, for our band and crew. Even Izzy was there!

Just really bums me out that Bumble wrote something to suggest we didn't care about our crew. We are a family away from our homes which have been together for some more than 10 years and respect one another.

As for the CULT-LIKE comment, that is really far-fetched. I am sorry that I really enjoy this band and I don't have anything bad to say about it, when something happens within the camp, it's not anyone else's business; like an argument between you and a(family member) is none of ours. Regardless of what's said, and/or done, at the end of the day; all's forgiven and we move on.Fernando Lebeis

Oh geez... seems some people are blaming Axl for the difficult logistics the crew had at the end of the tour with the extra gig thrown in. Allllways blamin' the singer.... my fault, I went on a twitter rant (http://www.twitter.com/bumblefoot/status/226815415882493952) He doesn't plot out the travel itineraries between shows, not how it works. The planners did the best they could to make everything happen, was just no way to make it easy on the crew. On a positive, once upon a time tours had canceled shows, now they have added shows... so there. Thank you all again for being such great audiences everywhere we went Made a lot of new friends that I hope I'll be seeing soon.......

Well if anyone is going to be understanding of Ron's mood swings it is likely going to be Axl, but then again, Axl doesn't tweet his rants. He does them from the stage so they can be replayed in perpetuity on YouTube and Axl hasn't delivered a rant for a while... perhaps Ron has borrowed his crown.